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The Midas Touch Matter - Ep 2

Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar · July 3, 1956 · 14 min · 2,164 words

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From Hollywood it's time now for Johnny dollar. I mean this is the office of Who is this? Oh you planning to add another murder to that of the Haskell brothers Listen What if I Bring somebody with your try anything funny and you'll never get out of this digital island.

Hello. Now that call from me, Johnny. No. No, it wasn't, Jake. But I wonder why a killer would call me. Tonight and every weekday night, Bob Bailey and the transcribed adventures of the man with the action-packed expense account, America's fabulous freelance insurance investigator...

Oh, it's truly Johnny Dollar. Expense accounts submitted by Special Investigator Johnny Dollar, location Kingman, Arizona, to the Greater South West Insurance and Liability Company. Following as a report of expenditures during my investigation of the Midas Touch Matter, Jake Kessler, local representative for Greater South West Insurance and Liability, and laid it out pretty clearly.

The three Hanskel brothers, prosperous gentlemen ranchers, had taken out life policies totaling a million and a half dollars double indemnity, which meant that they're and what was supposed to look like an accident at the bottom of the minus touch mine could cause southwest a cool three million.

And the finger of suspicion pointed straight at one hard luck dentist, prospector and promoter. It wasn't Jake Kesser's office that I'd receive the phone call from Hardluck. Where did Hardluck tell you to meet him, Johnny?

Oh, I'll find it all right. Well... Look, I think I'd better handle this alone, Jake. Johnny, he's being hunted by every available policeman here in Kingman. and Kingman. He's a killer. Like I told you, he got 20,000 apiece from the Haskell Brothers cash. Then took him down to the Midas Touch and caved it in on him.

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